Prayer hall, Blue Mosque, Yerevan, Armenia
Prayer hall of the Blue Mosque, a Persian Twelver Shia mosque, commissioned by khan Hoseyn Ali Khan, ruler of the Erivan Khanate, Afsharid dynasty, and built c. 1765-66, in Yerevan, Armenia. This is the only active mosque in Armenia and is distinctly Iranian and Shia in its architecture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
50380665
Media ID
50380665
Size
8268px x 6502px
(23.4MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2025
